Do you remember Video Stores? We sure do - because we’re old as F@%$.  They used to be everywhere, a ubiquitous strip mall fixture purveying all manner of niche movie titles in every genre, rented in a format known as a “videocassette” tape that you could take home and play in your VCR machine. This was back in the 80s and 90s when physical media was how we consumed our entertainment, when giant homogeneous corporations finally squeezed out the Mom ‘N Pop stores and killed all the joy in life with nothing but New Releases. But their hubris would be their undoing, as a Jetson-like future of streaming technology and à la carte on-demand choice finally became reality and killed the scrappy video store for good. Once a bustling weekend hub of every neighborhood, the video store is now a faded legend of the distant past. And we salute them all.


5:30 - Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+)
9:35 - Star Trek Voyager
15:00 - Paddington (2014)
19:55 - The Fabelmans (2022)
24:30 - The Last of Sheila (1973)
28:45 - The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
32:30 - Digital Killed the Video Store

Episode 251 - Digital Killed The Video Store

It's happened....a customer has finally entered MegaBusters to hire out a video. What kind of madness will stem from such a rare event? Join us!

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This week, join your hosts Ryan Turek, Rob Galluzzo, Rebekah McKendry and Elric Kane as they are live from Slashback Video, the all horror VHS art installation at the Mystic Museum in Burbank! The gang are joined by the Bearded Lady Vintage shop owner Erick Yaro Wessel to talk about how Slashback Video came together. There's also the latest horrors! Ryan tells us about the Kane Hodder documentary TO HELL & BACK and the book SOMEONE'S INSIDE THE HOUSE. Rebekah recommends the graphic novel MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS, GODZILLA VS MOTHRA and ESCAPE FROM THE BRONX. Elric talks about THE SLAYER, the first episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT and THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD podcast. Rob caught a Hitchcock matinee of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, Mike Flanagan's BEFORE I WAKE, SHIN GODZILLA and SOUL SURVIVOR. Then we welcome to the show special guest Sebastian Mathews, the owner of Touch Vinyl, and Cinefile. We talk about what it's like to run and maintain a modern video store, and then give our horror recommendations for titles only available on VHS! Kick back, relax and enjoy! Airdate: 9/8/2017

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